FM Story - Who to be?
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:39 pm
Hey, I ran a Barcelona story for a short while on Football Manager 07. Ive been playing FM 08 for sometime now, and after reading Thierryhenry50's Arsenal story on FIFA Manager 08 I feel inspired to start a FM story.
Im not sure which team to use, I almost always play as Arsenal as im a diehard supporter, and to be honest they are probably the best and most enjoyable team on the latest patch.
So im going to cut it down to a list of teams that im thinking about:
Olympique Lyon
Small transfer budget (about 9m) however some great young talent in Benzema and Ben Arfa. Decent depth as well to win the league, and competition in Europe would be a good challenge.
Atletico Madrid
Home to everyone's favourite Sergio 'El Kun' Aguero. Plus a decent squad but a lot of work to do before can really think about competeing for an ECL spot.
Real Madrid
I wanted to put one of the big two from Spain in, see if I can carry them to their expectations (I don't doubt that I could). Havent played with Madrid since FM 06. Also they only get 10m so some cleaning may have to be done.
Valencia
Only 900k in starting transfer budget! But its not hard to generate more cash with Valencia. Great attack with Villa, Zigic, Silva and Joaquin. Would have to do some work on the defence however.
AC Milan (Inter)
Initially it appears this would be a walk in the park, but with an ageing team, while still having high board expectations, this could be quite challenging. Deffinately a lot of player movement to be done. Inter are in a similar, but not as drastic situation, so I may end up switching Milan out for Inter.
Arsenal
It seems I just can't get bored playing with this side, Adebayor is such a beast up-front, RVP is an amazing creative force, and Cesc cannot be stopped. The great thing about playing with this squad is there is hardly any moves that need to be made, just a new goalie, and perhaps bolstering the DC postition. Oh and I forgot to mention the 45m in starting transfer budget. At this stage I am leaning towards an Arsenal save.
Im not sure which team to use, I almost always play as Arsenal as im a diehard supporter, and to be honest they are probably the best and most enjoyable team on the latest patch.
So im going to cut it down to a list of teams that im thinking about:
Olympique Lyon
Small transfer budget (about 9m) however some great young talent in Benzema and Ben Arfa. Decent depth as well to win the league, and competition in Europe would be a good challenge.
Atletico Madrid
Home to everyone's favourite Sergio 'El Kun' Aguero. Plus a decent squad but a lot of work to do before can really think about competeing for an ECL spot.
Real Madrid
I wanted to put one of the big two from Spain in, see if I can carry them to their expectations (I don't doubt that I could). Havent played with Madrid since FM 06. Also they only get 10m so some cleaning may have to be done.
Valencia
Only 900k in starting transfer budget! But its not hard to generate more cash with Valencia. Great attack with Villa, Zigic, Silva and Joaquin. Would have to do some work on the defence however.
AC Milan (Inter)
Initially it appears this would be a walk in the park, but with an ageing team, while still having high board expectations, this could be quite challenging. Deffinately a lot of player movement to be done. Inter are in a similar, but not as drastic situation, so I may end up switching Milan out for Inter.
Arsenal
It seems I just can't get bored playing with this side, Adebayor is such a beast up-front, RVP is an amazing creative force, and Cesc cannot be stopped. The great thing about playing with this squad is there is hardly any moves that need to be made, just a new goalie, and perhaps bolstering the DC postition. Oh and I forgot to mention the 45m in starting transfer budget. At this stage I am leaning towards an Arsenal save.
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:12 am
Just don't use Arsenal as I already have one 
Go with Real Madrid.... what a squad!
Go with Real Madrid.... what a squad!
Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:03 am
Go with AC Milan. Would love an Italian and also my favorite team here!
Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:14 am
I'd go with either AC Milan or Inter.
Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:55 am
From this list go with Lyon, love them...(but not favourite)
Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:32 am
thierryhenry50 wrote:Just don't use Arsenal as I already have one
Haha, I wont be using FIFA Manager though so it could be interesting to compare between the two games.
So far its:
AC Milan (Inter) 2
Lyon 2
Real Madrid 1
Arsenal 1
Feel free to suggest me any other teams too.
Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:08 pm
Colo Colo! 
I wanna see Real Madrid win it all
I wanna see Real Madrid win it all
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:04 pm
Mark. wrote:thierryhenry50 wrote:Just don't use Arsenal as I already have one
Haha, I wont be using FIFA Manager though so it could be interesting to compare between the two games.
So far its:
AC Milan (Inter) 2
Lyon 2
Real Madrid 1
Arsenal 1
Feel free to suggest me any other teams too.
Wait I thought this was on Fifa manager though.. huh? I'm confused lol. My vote goes for Real Madrid..
Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:21 pm
Drex
lol I dunno about Colo Colo, but expect me to be signing everybody's favourite Chilean (sp?) Mati Fernandez
Chaser 7
Nah I will be using Football Manager 08 made by Sport Interactive. Best sports manager game ever in my opinion.
lol I dunno about Colo Colo, but expect me to be signing everybody's favourite Chilean (sp?) Mati Fernandez
Chaser 7
Nah I will be using Football Manager 08 made by Sport Interactive. Best sports manager game ever in my opinion.
Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:56 pm
I voted for Lyon, should be a good challenge for you....
Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:02 am
Well my favourite would be Juventus or ManU, but Lyon would be great also. Gonna wait up for this...
Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:28 am
Ok guys ive decided to go as Lyon, it was a tough choice between them and Real Madrid, but I saw the challenge at Lyon as a bit tougher which appealed more to me. Ill get a thread started today hopefully.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:50 am
Great news... can't wait to see it
Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:02 pm
Gonna be a weeks delay sorry guys, its mid semester break so im going hunting for 5 days, will pick this up when I get back.